Presentation by Charles Hiteshew at the Summit on Education Reform and Hispanic Education Attainment

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We Face A Dropout Catastrophe

• One student in America drops out every 26
  seconds thats 1.1 million per year
• Roughly 30 of all students fail to graduate
• Only 1/3 of those who graduate are ready for
  college
• Jobs that require post-secondary education will
  make up more than 2/3 of new jobs

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Hispanics And The Dropout Rate

• More than 40 of Hispanic students fail to
  graduate
• Pew Hispanic Center

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Hispanics And The Dropout Rate

• Five states graduate
• (GA, AL, TN, NC, NV)
• Six of the 50 largest school districts graduate 40
• (Cleveland, OH DeKalb Co., GA Gwinnett Co.,
  GA Cobb Co., GA Clark Co., NV Dallas, TX)
• Pew Hispanic Center

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Implications For National Policy

• U.S. Hispanics increased by 97 5x the national
  growth rate
• Since 1990, Hispanics accounted for 60 of the
  increase in US public school enrollment
• Pew Hispanic Center

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Reasons Why Hispanics Drop Out

• Need to work
• Never enrolled in U.S. schools
• Language obstacles among immigrants
• Pew Hispanic Center

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Factors in Hispanic Dropouts

• Concentrations in larger high schools
• Higher student-teacher ratios
• Labor market pull in booming areas

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The Hispanic Dropout Crisis Challenges (and
opportunities)

• 40 of Hispanic students are foreign-born
• Poverty rates are 2-3x that of white students
• Many Hispanic dropouts have never enrolled in US
  schools
• 18 speak English with difficulty
• Little improvement in dropout rates or test
  scores by the 3rd generation
• 66 of Latinos own video game consoles
• Hispanics are 44 more likely to be influenced by
  Internet
• 57 live with both parents
• Sources NEA Issues Report on Status of Hispanics
  in Education Hispanic Heritage Foundation
  Richard Fry, High School Dropout Rates for Latino
  Youth, ERIC Digest Pew Hispanic Center

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High School Graduation Is A Strong Predictor Of
Adult Success

• Students who fail to graduate are
• Twice as likely to continue the cycle of poverty
• Three times as likely to be unemployed
• Eight times as likely to go to prison

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Return on Investment

• A one-percentage point increase in high school
  graduation rates would
• Yield 1.8 billion in social benefits
• (Reduced costs for healthcare, welfare
  criminal justice)
• Reduce number of crimes nationwide by 94,000

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Return On Investment

• If we raise Hispanic and African American
• graduation rates to those of white
• students by 2020, the potential increase in
• personal income would add 310 billion to
• the U.S. economy.
• Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns
  Hopkins University

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Five Promises and The Dropout Crisis

• Children need five key developmental resources to
• succeed in school and life
• Caring adults
• Safe places
• Healthy start
• Effective education
• Opportunities to help others

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Research More Promises Greater Success

• Children who receive at least Four of the Five
  Promises are
• Twice as likely to get As in school
• Twice as likely to avoid violence
• 40 more likely to volunteer
• More socially competent
• Every Child, Every Promise Turning Failure into
  Action

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Five Promises Level The Playing Field

• Having at least Four of the Five Promises removes
• traditional disparities based on race and family
  income.
• Every Child, Every Promise Turning Failure into
  Action

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Promise Poverty in America

• Where we are now
• More than 2/3 of our young people (34 million)
  lack enough Promises to be confident of success
• More than 20 (10 million) have Zero-One Promises
  and a are on course for failure
• Every Child, Every Promise Turning Failure into
  Action

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The Readiness Model
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Focusing On All Three Sides Of The Issue

• Readiness to teach
• Readiness to learn
• Community readiness to mobilize hold all
  parties accountable

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This Is A Surmountable Problem!

• 50 of dropouts come from 15 of schools
• Super-resourcing the areas of greatest need

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About the Alliance

• Founded by Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush
  and Clinton to call America to service on behalf
  of children
• Alliance of 200 partner organizations across all
  sectors business, philanthropy, faith-based,
  government, non-profit
• Non-partisan credibility
• Advocacy through First Focus affiliate
• Uniquely positioned to reach across sectors and
  ideologies
• Proven capacity to convene, coordinate and
  catalyze

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Why Graduation Rates Are The Bellwether Outcome

• Hourly income
• Dropouts 8.50
• HS grads 13
• College grads 25
• Annual income
• Dropouts 19K
• HS grads 27K
• Associate degree 36K
• College grads 52K
• GEDs do not decrease disparity

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Our Strategic Plan More Promises Kept More
Graduates

• Dropout Prevention Initiative Rally the nation
  to address the most glaring symptom of broken
  Promises.
• Bring more Promises to at least 15 million more
  young people in the next five years.
• Measure results, use data and hold ourselves and
  our partners accountable.

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April 1st Launch of Dropout Prevention Campaign

• Released Cities in Crisis report, which
  highlights 50 largest cities and their urban and
  suburban graduation rates
• General and Mrs. Powell issued call to arms
  around dropout catastrophe
• Panel of Alliance leaders spoke about issue and
  needed response from all sectors
• Secretary Spellings announced federal drive
  toward common standard for graduation rate
  measurement

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Results of Launch

• 85 million broadcast airings/interviews
• ABC, NBC, CBS nightly news
• Good Morning America, CNN, Fox News Channel,
  Tom Joyner Morning Show, CNN American Morning,
  C-Span
• 25 major dailies
• New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, New
  York Daily News, Detroit Free Press, Baltimore
  Sun
• Washington Times op-ed General and Mrs. Powell
• Wall Street Journal editorial
• Examples of partners extending the message
• State Farm
• Boys Girls Club of America
• Achieve
• AT T

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Clarion Call To Action

• 100 Dropout Summits by 2010
• 50 states
• 55 key cities

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Initial Summit Cities
Jackson, MS Jacksonville, FL (Duval
County) Jersey City, NJ Kansas City, MO Los
Angeles, CA Louisville, KY (Jefferson
County) Memphis, TN Miami, FL Milwaukee,
WI Minneapolis, MN Nashville, TN (Davidson
County) New Orleans, LA New York, NY Newark,
NJ Norfolk, VA Oakland, CA Oklahoma City,
OK Philadelphia, PA

• Akron, OH
• Albuquerque, NM
• Arlington, TX
• Atlanta, GA
• Augusta, GA
• (Richmond County)
• Austin, TX
• Baltimore, MD
• Chicago, IL
• Cincinnati, OH
• Cleveland, OH
• Columbus
• Corpus Christi, TX
• Dallas, TX
• Denver, CO
• Detroit, MI
• El Paso, TX
• Fort Worth, TX
• Fresno, CA

Phoenix, AZ Pittsburgh, PA Richmond,
VA Rochester, NY San Antonio, TX Santa Ana,
CA Shreveport, LA (Caddo County) St. Louis,
MO St. Petersburg, FL (Pinellas
County) Stockton, CA Tacoma, WA Tampa, FL
(Hillsborough County) Toledo, OH Tulsa,
OK Tucson, AZ Washington, DC Yonkers, NY
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Summit Highlights And Progress

• Detroit Seeded 10 million education turnaround
  fund
• Mississippi Require all MS school districts to
  generate dropout plan based on evidence-based
  practice
• Louisville Set 10-year goal to cut dropouts in
  half developing action plans
• Iowa Spurred 16 community action plans to
  reduce minority dropouts
• Tulsa Raised community awareness developing
  action plan

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Key Summit Elements

• The Alliance is requiring certain critical
  components in all dropout summits
• Demonstrated leadership from multiple sectors
• Building upon existing local education reform
  efforts.
• Youth voice and leadership.
• A focus on policy implications and opportunities.
• Get deep into the data Who is dropping out, when
  and why.
• Development of post-summit action plan to
  strengthen schools and support students.

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Post Action Plan Components

• Transforming schools
• Supporting students
• Developing effective policies
• Employing data systems

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Summit Support

• Seed funding for all 50 states (25K) and 50
  targeted cities (10K)
• Connections with Alliance partners, nationally
  and locally
• Technical assistance (planning, leadership
  outreach, policy, youth engagement, etc.)
• Web-based resources (data, template agendas,
  speakers, best practices, etc.)
• Post-Summit action planning support
• National evaluation with Duke Universitys Center
  for Child and Family Policy

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Featured Communities For Alliance Collaboration

• Going in early, staying late

Atlanta, GA Chicago, IL Detroit, MI Houston, TX
Indianapolis, IN Jackson, MS Louisville, KY
Nashville, TN New Orleans, LA New York, NY
Oakland, CA Washington, DC
Communities in process of forming early Promise
Zones
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Featured Community Partners

• Afterschool Alliance
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association of School Administrators
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
• Boys Girls Clubs of America
• Catholic Charities USA
• City Year
• Communities In Schools
• Corporation for National and Community Service
• Forum for Youth Investment
• Hands on Network/Points of Light Institute
• League of Latin American Citizens
• MENTOR
• National 4-H Council
• National League of Cities
• National Urban League
• State Farm
• United States Chamber of Commerce
• United States Conference of Mayors

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Hispanic Partner Agencies

• ASPIRA
• League of United Latin American Citizens
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund
• National Hispanic Education Alliance
• National Association of Latino Elected Officials
• National Council of La Raza

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We Need Your Help

• Local Dropout Summits
• State Summits
• Action Strategies
• Where the Kids Are
• All Kids Covered
• Ready for the Real World

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Online Tools And Resources
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Together We Can